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Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Jeanine Donofrio · loveandlemons.com · 2023 · 24 cookies

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Close to the middle of 433 shortbread recipes on every ingredient.

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How it compares

Against the typical pan: the median of 433 shortbread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.4%.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 81%.
Butter: 73%, 30th percentileSugar: 43%, 59th percentileStarch: 0%, 42nd percentileSalt: 1%, 76th percentileButterSugarStarchSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks, at room temperature)≈ 227 g
  • ⅔ cup granulated sugar≈ 133 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)≈ 313 g
  • ½ teaspoon sea salt≈ 3 g

flour 313 gbatter 680 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 433 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter73% · 30th percentile
  • Sugar43% · 59th percentile
  • Starch0% · 42nd percentile
  • Salt1% · 76th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
10 minutes
median 18 minutes

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